Tributes to Marshall Rogers
Our friend Alex Ness asked a lot of people for eulogies to Marshall Rogers, which he posted at his Pop Thought website. Contributors include Erik Larsen, Paul Levitz, Paul Gulacy, Mark Waid, Alex...
View ArticleComics All Over The Place
Comics Reporter reviews 1-800-MICE #2, All Flash #1, and Magic Hour #2. Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog reviews this week’s comics, starting with All Flash #1. Greg Burgas of Comics Should Be Good also...
View ArticleHappy Birthday: Gary Carlson
Born in 1957, Gary Carlson first appeared on the comic book scene with his self-published superhero anthology Megaton back in the early 1980s. He created the character of Vanguard with Erik Larsen,...
View ArticleImage Founders ‘United’ for Comic Series
It’s been a big week for Image, which started early on Comic-Con with the revelation that Robert Kirkman is joining the publisher as a partner. Friday brought word that all the Image founders (minus...
View ArticleOstrander Auction: a shirt with dozens of signatures
This just got dropped off to comix4sight‘s booth by Jon at EB30.us: the shirt they got almost everybody to sign at last year’s convention. And signatures keep getting added: here’s John Jackson Miller...
View ArticleSDCC: CBLDF’s Comic-Con Welcome Party!
Kick off Comic-Con with the greatest stars in comics to celebrate 20 Years of Image Comics and the power of free expression at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s Comic-Con Welcome Party! Starting at...
View ArticleMike Gold: The Great Comic Book Retro-Expansion
Last week I bitched and moaned about how we’ve turned our backs on comics that can be appreciated by readers of all ages in order to follow the money that kids ain’t got and some adults might have. I...
View ArticleMike Gold: Kill The Little Bastards
Spoiler Alert: In the current issue of Savage Dragon, writer/artist Erik Larson murdered a bunch of children. All I have to say about that is… it’s about time! Larson’s book has been around about as...
View ArticleMike Gold: Comics Creators Kick Ass
Excuse me if this week’s profundity seems a bit more extemporaneous than usual. It’s been one of those weeks, and at 3:00 yesterday morning Roscoe The Cat literally saved my life and I’m still...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: Jump In, Let’s Save the World
Erik Larsen, of Image Comics fame, said on his Facebook wall (and I’m paraphrasing and ignoring some of his sluttier words…) “Every comic is a jumping on point. Why are you so scared?” Those words hit...
View ArticleReview: Marc Alan Fishman’s Snarky Synopsis – Ultimate FF #2
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Art by Tom Grummett, Mario Guevara, Juan Vlaskco, Scott Hanna, Mark Pennington, Jay Leisten and Rachelle Rosenberg. Once I adopted Eric Larsen’s creed of “all issues...
View ArticleMike Gold: Restoring Our Sense of Wonder
Back in the days of purple hallucinogenic duplicator fluid, Bill Schelly published a great fanzine called Sense of Wonder. In an era when there were many first-rate fanzines (Alter-Ego, Fantasy...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman’s Snarky Synopsis: The New 52 – Futures End #7
Written by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens, and Keith Giffen. Art by Aaron Lopresti, Art Thibert, and Hi-Fi. I beg you, dear reader, to not skim over the author credits in this review....
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: Bill Cosby, Subway Jared, and Arthur Suydam
Are there good guys anymore? Perhaps just you, my loyal readers. This past week we’ve seen enough to be stark (no, not Tony) raving mad. First, the Associated Press finally caught Bill Cosby with his...
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